DocumentCode
2745723
Title
An autonomous underwater vehicle as a student project
Author
Woodward, Bryan ; Connelly, P. ; Barson, Lloyd ; Bourne, Simon ; Fish, Lee ; Jackson, Charles ; Rawlings, Phillip
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
fYear
1998
fDate
15-17 Apr 1998
Firstpage
150
Lastpage
154
Abstract
The challenge presented to five fourth-year undergraduate students was to take a “top-down” systems approach to design, construct, programme and test an underwater vehicle operating in a “hands-off” mode. To achieve the aim of semi-autonomous operation, a commercial SEAPUP remotely operated vehicle, with 300 metres of cable, was adapted so that a computer replaced its joystick. The project was treated as a learning process leading ultimately to the design and operation of a true AUV
Keywords
control engineering education; marine systems; mobile robots; AUV; SEAPUP remotely operated vehicle; autonomous underwater vehicle; semi-autonomous operation; student project; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Inspection; Manganese; Marine animals; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; System testing; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Underwater Technology, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4273-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/UT.1998.670080
Filename
670080
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